Continuous Improvement Jobs in the UK excluding London

Continual Improvement
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 62 44
Rank change year-on-year +31 -18 +36
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Improvement 4,497 3,023 4,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.28% 5.13% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 5.36% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,318 1,692 2,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £33,171
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,837 56,365 67,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.55% 95.59% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 41,306 29,082 41,028
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Improvement in the UK excluding London

Continuous Improvement
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +40 1,046 £55,000 -9.12% 121
North of England +44 956 £52,500 +5.00% 438
Midlands +20 908 £52,500 - 308
South East +2 727 £52,500 -12.50% 433
West Midlands +17 692 £53,500 +1.90% 197
North West +46 518 £51,587 -6.00% 247
South West +12 445 £52,396 +2.24% 192
Yorkshire +44 329 £60,000 +14.29% 148
East of England -2 236 £55,000 +10.00% 179
East Midlands +16 205 £47,500 -5.00% 111
Wales +47 155 £51,997 +22.83% 72
North East +22 109 £45,000 +20.00% 52
Northern Ireland +36 28 £67,500 +50.00% 19
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -
Continuous Improvement
UK

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 205 (4.56%) Apache Spark
2 131 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 97 (2.16%) Confluence
4 91 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 71 (1.58%) Apache
6 35 (0.78%) FileNet
7 26 (0.58%) SAS
8 19 (0.42%) IIS
9 15 (0.33%) Skype for Business
10 12 (0.27%) CMS
11 8 (0.18%) WordPress
12 7 (0.16%) nginx
13 6 (0.13%) Appian
13 6 (0.13%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.11%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.11%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.044%) Apache Solr
15 2 (0.044%) BizTalk Server
16 1 (0.022%) Apache Airflow
16 1 (0.022%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 557 (12.39%) Microsoft Office
2 429 (9.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 127 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (0.93%) AutoCAD
6 39 (0.87%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.20%) Simulink
9 5 (0.11%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
10 4 (0.089%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.089%) Trello
11 3 (0.067%) Siemens NX
12 2 (0.044%) Gliffy
12 2 (0.044%) Revit
13 1 (0.022%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.022%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.022%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.022%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.53%) NEC Housing
3 14 (0.31%) iTrent
3 14 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 10 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.18%) Magento
7 8 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 8 (0.18%) Shopify
8 5 (0.11%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
8 5 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.089%) ResourceLink
9 4 (0.089%) SAP APO
9 4 (0.089%) SAP IS-U
9 4 (0.089%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.089%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.089%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 649 (14.43%) AWS
2 563 (12.52%) Azure
3 291 (6.47%) Power Platform
4 240 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (2.71%) SaaS
6 112 (2.49%) GCP
7 93 (2.07%) Serverless
8 91 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 83 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
10 80 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
11 67 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
12 57 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
12 57 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
12 57 (1.27%) PowerApps
13 52 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
14 51 (1.13%) Amazon ECS
14 51 (1.13%) Amazon EMR
15 49 (1.09%) Power Automate
16 48 (1.07%) Amazon S3
17 47 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.31%) Firewall
2 75 (1.67%) WAN
3 68 (1.51%) LAN
4 65 (1.45%) VoIP
5 60 (1.33%) DNS
6 55 (1.22%) SAN
7 50 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (0.87%) VLAN
9 38 (0.85%) Internet
10 36 (0.80%) Network Security
11 35 (0.78%) DHCP
12 32 (0.71%) Broadband
13 27 (0.60%) VPN
14 24 (0.53%) Intranet
14 24 (0.53%) NAS
14 24 (0.53%) Wireless
15 23 (0.51%) TCP/IP
16 19 (0.42%) HTTP
17 18 (0.40%) SNMP
18 17 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (6.98%) NoSQL
2 250 (5.56%) Power BI
3 174 (3.87%) Big Data
4 154 (3.42%) SQL Server
5 150 (3.34%) Hadoop
6 99 (2.20%) Apache Hive
7 95 (2.11%) Relational Database
8 86 (1.91%) HBase
9 82 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 79 (1.76%) MySQL
11 70 (1.56%) Tableau
12 54 (1.20%) Electronic Patient Records
13 51 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
14 50 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
15 47 (1.05%) Power Query
16 45 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
17 39 (0.87%) RDBMS
18 35 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 32 (0.71%) Metadata
20 30 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 237 (5.27%) Git
2 200 (4.45%) JIRA
3 154 (3.42%) Jenkins
4 96 (2.13%) JUnit
5 86 (1.91%) Bitbucket Server
6 51 (1.13%) Selenium
7 40 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 30 (0.67%) Android Studio
9 27 (0.60%) Jasmine
10 25 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 23 (0.51%) GitLab
11 23 (0.51%) Visual Studio
12 22 (0.49%) WebDriver
13 21 (0.47%) Karma Test Runner
13 21 (0.47%) Protractor
14 20 (0.44%) Maven
15 15 (0.33%) PHPUnit
16 14 (0.31%) Subversion
17 11 (0.24%) Moq
17 11 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 1,688 (37.54%) Finance
2 1,636 (36.38%) Social Skills
3 1,063 (23.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,042 (23.17%) Law
5 889 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
6 731 (16.26%) Legal
7 344 (7.65%) Marketing
8 291 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
9 289 (6.43%) Manufacturing
10 278 (6.18%) Influencing Skills
11 276 (6.14%) Banking
12 216 (4.80%) Retail
13 174 (3.87%) Public Sector
14 169 (3.76%) Military
15 146 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
16 117 (2.60%) Investment Banking
17 98 (2.18%) Telecoms
18 66 (1.47%) Electronics
19 55 (1.22%) Local Government
20 50 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 850 (18.90%) Software Engineer
2 598 (13.30%) Analyst
3 407 (9.05%) Lead
4 394 (8.76%) Developer
5 352 (7.83%) Senior
6 302 (6.72%) Java Engineer
7 296 (6.58%) Java Software Engineer
8 234 (5.20%) Graduate
9 208 (4.63%) AWS Engineer
10 197 (4.38%) AWS Software Engineer
11 181 (4.02%) Project Manager
12 155 (3.45%) Data Engineer
13 151 (3.36%) IT Manager
14 144 (3.20%) IT Engineer
15 137 (3.05%) Full Stack Engineer
16 134 (2.98%) Product Analyst
17 133 (2.96%) Big Data Engineer
17 133 (2.96%) Big Data Software Engineer
18 132 (2.94%) Architect
18 132 (2.94%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (6.20%) React
2 275 (6.12%) Spring
3 242 (5.38%) AngularJS
4 222 (4.94%) HTML
5 196 (4.36%) CSS
6 166 (3.69%) .NET
7 156 (3.47%) Node.js
8 146 (3.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 129 (2.87%) JSON
10 120 (2.67%) J2EE
11 114 (2.54%) JMS
11 114 (2.54%) Kafka
12 111 (2.47%) RESTful
13 107 (2.38%) Web Services
14 100 (2.22%) Spring Boot
15 97 (2.16%) jQuery
16 91 (2.02%) XML
17 89 (1.98%) Hibernate
18 66 (1.47%) REST
19 60 (1.33%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 776 (17.26%) Algorithms
2 388 (8.63%) Onboarding
3 326 (7.25%) Management Information System
4 197 (4.38%) Cloud Native
5 184 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
6 166 (3.69%) Product Ownership
7 85 (1.89%) FMCG
8 77 (1.71%) Data Structures
9 76 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 76 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 56 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 49 (1.09%) Mobile App
12 46 (1.02%) Legacy Code
13 45 (1.00%) Virtual Team
14 43 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 39 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
16 37 (0.82%) NHS
17 34 (0.76%) Public Cloud
18 31 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
19 30 (0.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 299 (6.65%) Windows
2 166 (3.69%) Linux
3 119 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 117 (2.60%) Unix
5 82 (1.82%) Android
6 70 (1.56%) Windows 10
7 51 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 13 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.29%) VMS
10 13 (0.29%) Windows 8
11 12 (0.27%) AIX
11 12 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.18%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.16%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.13%) Debian
15 6 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.067%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,730 (38.47%) Agile
2 1,228 (27.31%) Problem-Solving
3 990 (22.01%) Software Engineering
4 949 (21.10%) CI/CD
5 907 (20.17%) SDLC
6 897 (19.95%) Visualisation
7 754 (16.77%) Artificial Intelligence
8 705 (15.68%) Community of Practice
9 702 (15.61%) Operational Stability
10 697 (15.50%) Machine Learning
11 671 (14.92%) Risk Management
12 649 (14.43%) Project Management
13 605 (13.45%) Customer Service
14 392 (8.72%) Mentoring
15 387 (8.61%) Coaching
16 374 (8.32%) Data Analysis
17 370 (8.23%) DevOps
18 368 (8.18%) Project Delivery
19 367 (8.16%) Process Improvement
20 365 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 768 (17.08%) SQL
2 683 (15.19%) Java
3 506 (11.25%) Python
4 311 (6.92%) JavaScript
5 196 (4.36%) C#
6 135 (3.00%) TypeScript
7 132 (2.94%) PL/SQL
8 100 (2.22%) PowerShell
9 73 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 53 (1.18%) Kotlin
11 52 (1.16%) PHP
11 52 (1.16%) Scala
12 49 (1.09%) C
13 35 (0.78%) C++
14 30 (0.67%) VB
15 23 (0.51%) Bash
16 17 (0.38%) R
17 16 (0.36%) Bicep
18 14 (0.31%) Go
18 14 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,135 (25.24%) Degree
2 162 (3.60%) Security Cleared
3 117 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 80 (1.78%) PMI Certification
5 76 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 74 (1.65%) SC Cleared
7 70 (1.56%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 54 (1.20%) PMP
9 51 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
10 49 (1.09%) HNC
11 48 (1.07%) HND
12 47 (1.05%) Azure Certification
13 43 (0.96%) DBS Check
13 43 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
14 38 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 36 (0.80%) CISSP
16 30 (0.67%) DV Cleared
17 29 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
18 25 (0.56%) CCNA
18 25 (0.56%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (7.20%) QA
2 144 (3.20%) SLA
3 132 (2.94%) GDPR
4 125 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 96 (2.13%) PMO
6 76 (1.69%) Accessibility
7 66 (1.47%) ISO 9001
8 53 (1.18%) Data Quality
9 42 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
10 40 (0.89%) NIST
11 31 (0.69%) ISO 14001
12 21 (0.47%) NEBOSH
13 17 (0.38%) GRC
13 17 (0.38%) NCSC
14 13 (0.29%) IFRS
14 13 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 13 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 13 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 196 (4.36%) Active Directory
2 113 (2.51%) Docker
3 102 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (1.91%) HDFS
5 47 (1.05%) Hyper-V
6 23 (0.51%) Firmware
7 22 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (0.47%) vSphere
9 17 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.11%) XenApp
12 4 (0.089%) pfSense
13 3 (0.067%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.044%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 2 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.044%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.022%) Snort
15 1 (0.022%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 181 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 177 (3.94%) Terraform
3 57 (1.27%) Grafana
4 44 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (0.78%) SCCM
6 24 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.36%) Functional Safety
8 14 (0.31%) Ansible
9 13 (0.29%) vCenter Server
9 13 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.27%) Backup Exec
10 12 (0.27%) NetBackup
11 11 (0.24%) Nagios
12 8 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.18%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.16%) SCOM
14 5 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
14 5 (0.11%) EMC VPLEX
14 5 (0.11%) Opsview
Vendors
1 782 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 235 (5.23%) Oracle
3 222 (4.94%) Databricks
4 154 (3.42%) SAP
5 133 (2.96%) VMware
6 118 (2.62%) Google
7 109 (2.42%) Cisco
8 91 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 86 (1.91%) Informatica
10 72 (1.60%) ServiceNow
11 56 (1.25%) Cloudera
12 55 (1.22%) Dynatrace
13 51 (1.13%) Citrix
14 48 (1.07%) Splunk
15 45 (1.00%) Alteryx
16 31 (0.69%) Veeam
17 25 (0.56%) NEC
18 23 (0.51%) Dell
18 23 (0.51%) Meraki
19 22 (0.49%) HP